Speaker summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video166.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Cheng results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Optimism Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 34% saturation with 85 hits. Analysis detected 576.625 faulty-reasoning hits from 166.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 19.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (19,523 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Cheng is better (less manipulative) than 68.80% of the peer group.
Matthew Cheng
Speaker details
Total words: 166.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

31% percentile
025507510031.2% percentile
19.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos166.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 34.0%34.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 37.6%37.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 28.0%28.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.8%18.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 37.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 34.0%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 28.0%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos